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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-05-11
How They Raised the Devil.

Parson Lorenzo Dow once stopped
at log cabin near this city. His host
was man given to drink, and all the
efforts of his wife to stop him were Of
no avail. She asked the eccentric par
son If he In any way could help her
husband. SThe parson said he would
resort to prayer after supper when her
husband returned home. Just before
supper was announced, however, the
husband came staggering in the cabin
door. He was Jolly. He was drunk.
The good wife greeted him with the
information: "Parson Dow is up stairs
In the loft" which was the best accom-
mediation that could be given him.
"Is-s-s hep" drawled out the tipsy
husband. "We-l-l-l, br-br-ing him
d-d-down."
This order was obeyed, and present.
ly the parson came down.
"C-can you r-raise th-th-the d-devil,
Pr-pr-parson Dow? Ify-y-you can I'll
b-b-believe in you"
The parson had seen barrel of cot
ton in the loft. An idea struck him.
He steps outside gets little negro
boy and puts him in the barrel of cot
ton. The barrel and the boy were
brought down from the loft. The
tipsy landlord asked:
"Pr-pr- parson, ocean you r-r-raise
the d-d-devil?"
"Yes, if you give me light" came
the answer. A light was brought.
The cotton was set on fire. Presently
out jumped the little black negro, and
the half-dazed husband, frightened,
yet fully convinced of the parsons SUI
pernatural powers, exclaimed amid ex-
element and confusion, in the vernacu-
lar of the day:
@Pr-pr-parson, I-I'm yore m-m-meat:
iii quit" and, sure enough, he never
smiled again. = Baltimore Ameri-
can.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-05-11
A PENNSYLVANIA Patriarch.

Jacob Croninger. ST., of Milford
Township, Pennsylvania, 81 years old,
and still in vigorous health, has good
ly line of descendants. OF his chill
dren, sixteen are living, and one is
dead; of his grandchildren, eighty-six
are living and twenty-five dead; of his
great grandchildren, sixty are living
and five dead; and there have been
born to him two great-great-grandchil-
dren, but both are dead. Out of 1872
descendants 162 are living. The patri-
arch lives on the farm where he was
born and where he has always lived.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-05-11
Applied Electricity.

The applications of electricity are
daily becoming more varied, and the
remarkable growth of electrical in
dustries is subject of interest to most
observing people. 1t is difficult to re-
alize that only ten years ago the COM
mercial applications of electricity with
which the public was familiar might
have been summed up in the electric
telegraph and its subsidiary systems,
and vet such is the fact. Nevertheless
the money value of the capital invested
in electrical enterprises at the present
time is only probably exceeded, in any
single industry, by the amount invest
ed in steam transportation and in mu-
nicipal gas lighting This rapid ex-
tension of the electrical arts is not
largely due, however, to the discovery
of new principles nor to inventions of
a revolutionary character, but chiefly
to the perfecting of details and practi-
cal notifications in old systems oper-
ated by well-known methods. Pres
colt, en- the Chdutduq1Jdn.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-05-11
He Hit IL.

Whats ginerally kept in bottle in
de ba'n?" he asked of butcher on the
market.
"Oil, liniment, kerosene, poison, and
other stuff, including whisky. Did you
find bottle in barn?"
ayes, sah."
"Aud drank the contents?"
"Yes, sab"
"And how do you feel?"
"Sorter exalted, sah-sorter jist like
was smart huff to skip all de lini-
ments an pizen an hit de whisky
plumb-center. Detroit Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-05-11
SOMETIME.
ny BELLA ID. BARRY.

Il may be when the forest trees
Are called upon To say farewell
NO autumn tints and winter sees
His dazzling white-I cannot tell;
But Hope bids me stay,
While my thoughts fly away
To the meeting that may
BE sometime
1t may be when springs wondrous dreams
Wrap soul i'm sweet romances spell,
And earth one bright elysium seems
cannot tell cannot tell
But Hope bids me stay,
While my thoughts fly away
To that glorious day
In the sometimel
II may be in proud summers hours.
When vague and dreamy heart hopes swell
And bloom the fragrant dazzling flowers
Icannot tell oh, caunot tell
But Hope bids me stay,
While my thoughts fly away,
And a soft voice doth say,
Yes-sometimel
1t may not be till earth is done,
And like n star above We dwell
In the high realms our souls have won
Icannot tell L cannot tell
But Hope says TO me
His face shalt thou see
In sweet bliss that shall be
In that sometmel
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-05-11

A PROPER safe working load for wire
ropes is as follows: One half inch in
diameter, 1000 pounds; five-eighths
rope, 800 pounds; three-fourths rope,
1900 pounds; one-inch rope, 5000
pounds. This is for nineteen wires to
the strand, hemp centers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-05-11

REV. ROBERT CUsHMAN preached at
Plymouth, Nov. Q, 1921, what was the
first sermon ever delivered in New En-
gland by regularly ordained minister.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-05-11

The Scandinavians, one of the chief
branches Of the Teutonic people, do not
figure in history until the ninth and
tenth centuries, when they appear as
the Norsemen.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-05-11

"WHERE is the ideal wife?" asks
prominent lecturer. In the cellar split
ting kindling. most likely.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-01

Munchrath Sentenced for Com
plicity in the Haddock MUIR
der.
Special to the Globe.
SIOUX CITY, To-, Sept. 30.-Another
chapter, and one that will be of interest
to friends of law and order everywhere,
was enacted in the Haddock case to-day,
when Fred Munchrath, Jr., was SEN
fenced by Judge Wanifeld to four years.
Imprisonment in the Fort Madison peni-
tentiary. A motion for new trial was
argued early in the week and the mat
ter taken under advisement by the
court, and to-day each count in the mo-
ton was Overruled, the Judge setting
forth at length the reasons therefor
Eloquent pleas for leniency were then
made, Attorney Argo at one time being so
speaking. When Munchrath stood up
for sentence, he was pale and visibly af-
fected, although it was apparent that
he was making strong effort to appear
unconcerned. When asked if he had
anything to say, he shook his head, and
sentence was pronounced very briefly.
The judge has known the prisoner
since the latter was child, and his
voice was a little husky as he pro-
nounced the penalty. Notice of appeal
was at once filed, and ninety days al
lowed in which. to perfect the same.
This will carry it beyond the December
term, and defer punishment at least a
year. The appeal bail was fixed at
$1,000, which was furnished.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-01
THE STATE OF TRADE.
Regular Weekly Review of the
Commercial Situation.


NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-R. G. Dun &
Co., III their weekly review of trade,
say: Treasury purchases of bonds
have greatly changed the feeling in the
money market, but without giving much
relief as yet to legitimate business
There are two meney markets just now;
money on call for speculation on good
ceHaterals is in ample supply, but
money on time for commerce or indus
try, on commercial paper, is almost as
scarce as a fortnight ago. As long as
fal'sers feel uncertain regarding the
financial future they prefer to keep
their resources -Tithin reach. Mean
whilestrade is at all s}Qints active and
large in volume, with a Gepeful feeling
prevalent, and the lack of available
funds is by many attributed rather to
the swelling. volume OF business than tto
the absorption of capital in new enter
prises or speculation. During the week
the treasury has put out $500, 600
more than it has taken in,
about S6,000,000 of certificates
having gone INTO circulation
in place of bonds. Railroad traffic and
earnings continue encouraging, and the
stock market, though it reacted little
from the rapid recovery of last week,
udS oluCC DOCH otlOliSSl III lOllG Oll luG
whole. Wheat has been active and
stronger, advancing about 21s cents, and
corn has also been stronger. Oil has
weakened, and coffee, though MAIN
tanned in price, is dull. Hogs and pork
are cheaper, though lard slightly adj
vances. Cotton declined shade, but
: has recovered. Cotton is moving freely,
wheat less actively, farmers being in
disposed to accept current prices. The
coal output last week was 121, ,531 tons
below that of the corresponding week
of last year, and an advance is proposed.
Wool sales at Boston are in quantity
less than half of those of last year.
Woolen goods are In moderate demand.S
and cottons. though far from active, are
steady at cnrrent prices after
an unusually large distribution. The
one feature of i'll omen is that
the average liabilities of firms falling
for the past quarter amount to S37, 7,679,
against only S14, ,0GO for the same quar-
ter last year, indicating an unwhole-
some expansion of credits in some direc-
tions. The failures for the third quar-
ter of 1887 number ,938in the United
States and 30S in Canada, against 1882
in the United States for the third quar-
ter of 1856 and 25S in Canada. The in
crease in number is trifling, but the re-
ported llaDllltleS OF HrmS railing IN the
United States for the quarter were
S73, ,022, $50, against S27,227, $50 far the
same quarter last year, and in Canada
While the volume of liabilities was
much swelled by few heavy specula-
tive disasters, the fact that a large in
crease appears in every section of the
country indicates marked expansion of
commercial obligations.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-01
IN THE EVENING.
Fafewells Said at the Banquet
Board and Camp Fire.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 30.-It was dis
TIM Euished and notable com pany that
as$mbIed in the banqueting hall of the
LiideH tonight to participate in the
banquet that brought the eDcampment
toh formal close. COL II. D. Dyer was
the presiding officer. On his right sat
Gtn. Sherman and ON his left the vener-
aue Hannibal Hamlin. Arm in arm.
with feeble steps, the soldier and states
man had entered the room and there
WIS pathos in the tones of the ex-vice
president as he remarked to his COM
p$nion, "Uncle Billy, this may be the
last time that you and will meet the
bbys around the festive board"
mot a bit of it, Hannibal, responded
the general, quickly; "we're both of us
good for ten years YETI
AROUND THE TWO VETERANS
sat Gen. SlOcum, Gen. Fairchild, Gen.
John NJ. Palmer, Gen. Burdette, ex-
Gov. Curtin, Bishop Fallows and Gen.
Louis Wagner, and 400 of the comrades
occupied the tables from right to left
All the skill of the decorators art had
been lavished ON the hall, and the effect
was enhancing. A painting of Gen.
Logan hung in an alcove of bunting
above the chair of the president, and
beneath was wreath of intnaortelleS
with the one word Logan in blue
flowers. At the other end Of the room
was suspended the flag that covered the
catafalque of Gen. Joe Hooker, while
around the walls pictures of the noted
he1O of the war looked out on the
gathering from between the folds of
bunting. The spacious corridors lead
ing to the room were a forest of trees.
exOtics and flowers After the menu
had been discussed Gen. Dyer delivered
the ~
ADDRESS OF WELCOME,
and Gen. FaiEhild responded. The
toasts and the speakers followed in this
order: III
First-.odr Country" response by Gen.
s@ secondEsIae President of the United
States. 'pGenl John M. Palmer.
Third-"Lincoln and His administration,
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin.
Fodrth-sThe Army" Gen. W. T. Sher-
Fffth-Yfhe Navy Admiral D. D. Porter
Back" Bishop Fallows.
Seyeptf-'sThe Loyal and Patriotic Wom-
ems Gen. G. II. Grosvenor.
Eigblh-'The Rank and File" Corporal
Tanner
Ninth-'sThe Grand Army of the Republic
Ger, S. S. Burdette
Tfnth-aThe War Governors" Hon. A. G.
Curtin.
Whilst the banquet was the center of
sttraction for its guests, the rank and
file were enjoying a camp fire and
Illumination at Schnaider's garden.
'&here the ST. Louis posts acted the part
of entertainers. 1t was late hour
when taps sounded tonight and the
gray-haired veterans left the banquet
hall and camp fire. many of them never
10 meet again until the great reveilie
calls together all the heroes of the ma
tion-upon the shores of peace for the
grand reunion.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-01
DAKOTA COUNTY FAIR.
1t Closed Last Night in aBlaze of
Glory.

1t Closed Last Night in a Blaze of
Glory.
Special to the Globe.
FARMINGToN, Sept. 30.-The Dakota
county fair at Pennington closed to-
night in blaze of glory. Acout 1000
people were in attendance during the
day. B. B. Herbert, of Red Wing, made
the address of the day ct 2:SO O'clock,
making one of his best efforts. He gave
a somewhat lengthy sketch of his recent
visit to Colorado, and outlined the
methods of improving the poor farm
lands there, as he had observed them.
He made the point that farmers here
working more with their heads
and less with their hands,
deyoting more time to experimenting
and studying the needs of the soil and
how to bring the best possible results to
the surface. He spoke highly of the
Colorado State Agricultural college.
The leading prize winners in draught
and coach horses were Leonard john
son, Charles Smith, Simon Spearin,
John Feely and Thomas Cowley. In
short-horns, c. l. Haines, D. w. Balch.
and A. S. Bradford, were the principal
winners. The principal prize winners
in sheep were John W. Roche, j. and
M. Christy; in swine, G. 1. Haines, A.
Carpenter, A. S. Bradford and Mr..
Newcomb; in poultry, Mr.. Newcomb,
III. G. Judson, F. w. Judson, Guy Mar
tin, Amos Atwood, Clifford Wells. The
display from the schools of the county.
of maps, charts, etc., was very fine, and
made a large collection. The ladies'
display of needle work. as also of pre-
served fruits, jellieS, etc., was far ahead
of the exhibit of any previous year.
department..
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-01
dined with the president and Mrs.

uiileu WIN the president ana Mrs.
Cleveland.
The run was without incident until
Grapeville was reached, when a stop
was made, and Supt. O'Day, of the
United Pipes lines, had two natural gas
wells lighted for inspection by the
presidential party. The scene was one
OF magnificence and was greatly appre-
ciated by the president. who expressed
himself as surprised at the
MAGNITUDE OF THE FLAMES,
which looked to be several feet in diam
eter and upwards of eighty feet in
height. During the stop at Grapeville,
about ten miQutes, the lady of the ex-
ecutive mansion stood with the other
members OF the party on the rear of the
last car, in full view OF the large crowd
which had gathered after the gas wells
had been lighted. Mrs. Cleveland prob
ably never appeared to better advantage
than at this -attired in a close
fitting black cloth tailor-cut coat with
standing collar and wearing on her head
the presidents slouch travelling hat
Jauntily crushed in ON one side. She
looked very, very pretty. From this
point to Pittsburg every station passed
was brilliantly Illuminated with natural
gas and filled with crowds of people,
who greeted the s'special' with enthusi-
astic cheers. AT Bessemer number of
variegated lights were burned, and ap-
parently twenty or thirty shrill locomO-
tive whistles blown, while at East Lib
erty great enthusiasm was manifested.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-01
A Thorough Success.

Special to the Globe.
CURRIE, Minn., Sept. 3O.-The second
day of the Murray county fair has been
grand success. The displays in all
departments are filled. The attendance
from all directions is larger than ever
before, and the attendance for to-mor-
row promises well. The races have
been better than expected. The pony
race was close and exciting; time, two
minutes. The 2:30 and free-for-all
races go off tomorrow. Prof. Sublias'
eornet band, of Tracy, furnished music
for the occasion, and this evening gave
a concert and ball in Currie's hall Hon.
John L.. Gibbs, of Freeborn county,
visited his many friends and acquaint-
ances in the forenoon, and at 80 %. m.
delivered All address and complimented
the citizens of this county upon the fine
display of stock and farm products, and
also expressed surprise at meeting SO
large and enterprising an audiencein a
frontier county. He discussed topics of
general farm interests.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-01

evening. About fifteen hundred people
paid their dime apiece, and Manager
Russell says fully six hundred more
were unable to get in and went away.
The bride, Miss Aggie Douglass, and
the groom, Jacob Schneider, filed onto
Rev. j. I'll. Crum and Mai. Fish
blatt, the ceremony being performed by
Rev. j. III. Crum. The Gospel army, at
the conclusion of the service, sang one
OF its lively songs, while the bridal
party marched off the stage. The stage
was very prettily decorated with flow
ers by the ladies of the army. The
army marched to the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Schneider later in the evening and
gave them serenade. 1t is said that
$1,000 has been raised to-day for perma-
nent barracks for the army in Winona,
and that ground will be broken on Mon
day for the erection of the buildings.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-01
An Alleged Fire Bug.

CptCldl 10 1lOUG.
MASON CITY. To-, Sept. 30.-Incen-
diary fires have of late been of too fre-
Quent occurrence in this locality, but it
is believed that the climax has been
reached and that the fire bug is safe in
custody. Last night the large barn
connected with the Railroad house,
owned by John DAILY. was set on fire
a,ihfda and. with its contents, totally destroyed,
entailing a loss seSf s, s. 600. David Moore,
a tenant of Daly's, was seen in the vi
cinity previous to the fire, affda. as he
had openly threatened to fire the place
and shoot DAILY. he was placed under
arrest, but not until after determined
resistance. At the Jail he broke every
thing within reach, and was not in an
improved humOr when held for thirty
days in court here to-day to await
further examination. Another recent
fire, whereby an old man named Ray
mond lost his all, it is believed can be
traced to Moore.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-01
al Disastrous Week.

Special to the Globe.
CALEDONIA, Minn., Sept. 30.-The
second annual fair of the Houston
County Agricultural society is founder
ing in the mud. There has been but
one fair day since it commenced. The
society has been at great pains and ex-
pense in fitting mp the grounds with a
fine track and ample buildings, includ-
ing large new amphitheater, stalls,
etc.. all OF which are filed. There is a
splendid display of blOoded stock, agri-
cultural, mechanical, culinary and
dairy products. But for the continued
rain and mud we should have had the
largest concourse of people ever here.
w. S. Harries, of La Crescent, deliv-
cred the address. The prize of S25 for
a match game of ball was won by the
Caledonia club against the La Crescent
club, the score standing twelve to three.
The programme of races can be but
partly filed. The society will run be-
hind this year, but their future success
is assured, being on sound basis, with
good hackers,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-01
A TOWNS DANGER.
ST. James Has an Incendiary Who
Should be Shot.

Special to the Globe
ST. JAMES, Minn., Sept. 30.-About 8
o'clock this morning flames were dis
covered issuing from the roof of j. j.
ThOrntOn'S law Office, a one-Story brick
veneered structure, located ON the same
lot with his residence. The fire was
quickly subdued, and an investigation
revealed the fact that a deliberate at
tempt to burn the building had been
made. Two fires had been kindled in
different parts of the front room, one
behind the stove. the other on table on
which a large and wellfilled bookcase
stood. Kerosene had been freely used,
the floor, bookcase and books being eoy-
cred with the stuff. The fire on
the bookcase table, after burn
ing lot of papers, charring a
number of law books and burning off
the doors of the book case, had died out.
but the fire kindled behind the stove
had burned up the side of the building
and through the ceiling and roof when
discovered. Had it got beyond control
the Olson block, sixteen feet distant,
would have gone up in smoke and no
human power could have prevented the
destruction of every building in the
block, which contains one-half the busi-
ness buffuimgsin st. James. This fact
makes the attempt to bum MIR. Thorn
toms building all the more damnable.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-01
Found Counterfeit Money.

Special to the Globe.
NEILsvILLE, Wis.,, Sept. 3o.-While
searching for an old pair of shoes in the
garret of the Delane hotel, this city, last
Saturday, a boarder of that institution
found eighteen counterfeit silver doll
ars, which were coined in three different
years. The coins are very poor immi-
tation of the genuine and easily de-
tected. City officers have them in pos
session, and claim to have secured suffi-
cient evidence to cause the arrest of a
resident of Hewitt, Clark county, who
was boarder at the hotel until recently,
They are also keeping the affair as quiet
as possible.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-01

shut am as busy as man possibly
could be, and then | have not much to
say except this, and that l am glad to
state, simply feel exceedingly compli-
mented over the vote l received, and
am very much gratified over the action
of nthe national encampment through
out"
.'Were you surprised at the result?
''Well, was surprised at the majority
received. and at the way in which the
matter was carried through / certainly
did not expect to be elected
ION THE FIRST BALLOT"
''What do you think of the outlook of
the order?"
mo. no; / don't want to talk to you
about that. 1t is entirely to soon to be-
gin talking about what policy am going
to pursue, and so on. You may merely
say that the harmonious feeling which
perVadeI the encampment has been
most grateful to me- The acts of legis-
lation throughout have been marked by
wisdom of the highest order, and will
result in strengthening the ties of fra
ternity among the Grand Army men of
the United StateS.'
James II. Drake, of st. Paul, was the
chairman of the executive committee
chosen by the Minnesota delegation to
look after Judge Rea'S interests, and it
can not be denied that the success of
the Minnesota man is in a great meas
ure due to Mr.. brakes efforts.
Now that it is all over, to what do
you most attribute Judge Rea's sue
cess?" the reporter asked.
well. sir, they couldn't resist Rea,"
said Mr.. Drake. THE fight was won
simply because we had candidate that
couldn't be resisted. Not word could
be breathed against him in any possible
way, and all elements
FLOCKED To HIs- SUPPORT.
The wisdom and conservatism, the
energy and character of the man over
came all obstacles and all questions of
location. / esteem it an unusual CON-
pliment to Judge in that of 600 delegates
he should have been chosen, despite the
fact that the preceding commander in
chief was from Wisconsin, an adjoining
state to Minnesota. thus bestowing the
great honor upon the Northwest twice
in succession. 1t was particularly graf
flying that the state of New York was
the first to get the floor and move to
make the election unanimous"
Judge Palmer, of Dakota, who was
another prominent worker for Judge
Rea, said: "The election of Judge Rea
was entirely in keeping with the action
of the encampment from the beginning
to the end, this being the crowning ACT
of its conservatism and non-partisan-
ship. Judge Rea attended the grand
banquet given to the q. A. r. at the
Lindell hotel tonight IN company with
the Minnesota delegates. All of them
leave tomorrow morning for home by
way of the Chicago, Burlington 4
Quincy road. The train leaves here al
9:20 a. m. and will arrive at st. Paul
Sunday morning.